Pipe connection.



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PIPE OONNEOTION.

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Patented Sept. 21, 11909.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 21, 1 909.

A pplication am September a, 1900. Serial in. 451,621.

'Be it known that I,- ANTON C. menu, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofDecatur, Macon county, State of v Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe Connections, and

my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims particularly specifying the nov- This invention relates to water distribution and more especially to pi e cou lin and the object of the same'is ts gs,

uce an improved form of gasket for manual application to the coupling at the time its pipe sections are being connected. .In a co-pend mg application is covered the broad idea of a gasket intended to be inserted by hand. and held frictionally in one of such pipe sectlons soas to leave the hands of the operator free to make the coupling, and the present invention consists in details in the shape of the projecting portion of the gasket whereby itsadmission into the pipe section is facilitated and itsfrictionahengagement therewith is increased.

It also consists in details of construction whereb one member of the gasket is mounted sh ably and perhaps loosely on the .other, and prevented from disconnection therewith.

The following specification describes the simplest embodiment of these ideas and explains the use of the gasket to suflicient ex tent to enable those'skilled in the art to undeistaltig. 7

n t accompanyin rawin 'formm' g a partof this specificatin-Figu2 1 is a side elevation of the parts of a pipe coupling about to be connected, showing this im proved gasket as held frictionally in place 1n the end of one of the pipe sections. Fig.

' 2'is asectional view through the coupling showing the joint ring as compressed. Fig. 3 is asmiilarview showing what takes place if the bore of one pipe section-is smaller than that of the sustaining ring. 4: is a side elevation of'this gasket before-lts in.- sertion in the coupling. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the sustaining rmg-before its tongues are spread. Fig. 6v is a sectional 'view of a pipe coupling where the bore of each pipe section is larger, showing this gasket as used in connection therewith.

the end of the. sustaining flared or expanded slightly as shownat 9 1n provision of Fig. 7 is a similar 'viewshowing the pipe sections slightly .out' of alinement.

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This improved gasket-comprises two inembers of which the outer numberedS is the joint ring made preferably of lead or other soft metal, and by preference ta red on its exterior toward one or both en although I have shown it in the drawings as conical with its larger endrounded as at 8". The other member 7 is the sustaining ring or tube made preferably of brass or other material sufliciently stifi to prevent the joint.

ring from collapse. This member 7 extends from a point about flush with one end .(here shown as the smaller end) of the member 8,

throughout its length, and projects beyond as at 7; and the joint rmg is and yet slidably around the sustaining ring so thatrit will be held normally in position thereon. It is quite within the scope of the present invention that the sustaining ring should project slightly its other end fitted closely beyond the smaller end of the joint rmg,

and that means or devices might be employed to hold these two members so that the cannot become disconnected althou h permitting the outer to slide slight y upon the inner if necessary. For instance, ring could be 7 is preferably splitas at 10 at a number of points, and the tongues 11 formed between said splits are bent outward slightly whereby the circle within which their t1 she w1ll be slightly larger than the erence of the member 7 but yet the resilience of the material will permit them to be sprung mtting the tubular member ward. Before spli 7, the outer corner of itslextr emity is prefv erably beveled ofi as shown at 12, and hence the outer corners of the-tips of the tongues will'present'a appearance as best seen. in Figs. 2 andl'5;

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what when in place, and Fig. 7 shows how brought into meeting pipe sections which-it is desired to connect, the section 3 having a shoulder 4 and the section 1 having exterior threads,-

and 5 is a coupling nut for connecting these members. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 illustrate such a coupling as a matter of convenience only, for it 1s obvious that the shoulder and threads could be reversed, the cou lingj ling, the meeting ends of the pipe sections;

are preferably shaped about as illustrated that 1s to say, the end of thesection 3 is flat or nearly so, and the end of the section 1 has a flaring mouth 2. By preferencethe bores of the two sections are alike.

In making a coupling between ipe sections of this character, the use 0 my improved gasket is as follows: The sections are rought close together as shown in Fig. 1, the projecting end of the sustaining ring is manually inserted into the extremity of one section as 3 (its bevel 12 assistin the entrance of the tongues 11, which latter by their spring action hold it frictionally in place), and both hands of the operator are then free. With one hand he grasps the section 1 and brings it into posltion with its flarin mouth 2 over the conical exterior of the joint ring 8, and with the other hand he moves up the. coupling nut 5 behind the shoulder 4 of the section 3 and engages its threads with those on the section 1 until the parts are connected and a wrench can be play. The use of. the latter and the final tlghtenin up of the coupling causes the flaring mout of the section 1 to move straight'toward the square end or shoulder of the section 3 and compress the soft joint rin around the stiff sustaining ring so that t e material of the former 1s projected outward between the extremities of the two ipe sections and within the coupling as s own in Fig.2. Thus it will be seen that the simple expedient of splitting the pro ecting end of the sustaining ring and flaring its tongues outward affords a frictional engagement between it and the interior of the placed by han and the bevel of their outer corners 1f employed assists their entry into the section.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I havev shown how the projecting end of the sustaining ring may fit frictionally within a pipe section whose bore is considerably larger than the outer diameter of said ring, especially if its ton es are long and flared outward considera ly,

and in these views the bevel 12 is omitted.

Fig. 6 shows how the gasket may sag some- (pipe section into which it is taining ring flared at the pipe section 1 when brought into position may not at first be in axial alineme'nt with the section 3; but in either case thecoupling will aline the sections and its final tightening u will compress the joint ring as above descn ed. If the bevel 12 is omitted as shown in these views' it is quite probable that the sharp outer corners of the ton ues would embed the section 3 so that the nal tightening formed initially upon the sustaining rin with sufiicient tightness to hold it from accidental loss; but Fig. 7 shows the flare 9 as employed, in which case the joint ring might be-somewhat loose u on the sustaining r1ng as it cannot slip off either end thereof.

It will be obvious without further illustration, that the sustaining ring might be reversed so that its end 7 would project be yond the smaller end of-the joint ring instead of the larger, in which case itwould of course be inserted manually into the end of the other pi c section 1 where'it would be retained by t e sprin of the tongues, and then the coupling could emade as above described. In Fig. 3 the bore 1 of the tpipe section into which the projecting end 0 t e sustainin smaller t an said ring, and the end of the latter is flared at 9 although it need not be.

ring is not placed is shown as- In the final tightening up, with this construction of parts, the end 9 is struck by the flaring wall 2, the entire sustaining ring is pushed into and a little farther through the ointring, and perhaps some of the material of the latter may be crowded out beyond the end 9 as indicated at 8. It will be obvious without further illustration that the bore I may be even larger than .as shown in Fig. 2,.

the latter would give, them a compound bend in their length and require the length to be reater, and hencetheir strength to be less, ut it is obvious that said bevel is not absolutely necessary.

What is claimed as new is': 1.. As an article of manufacture, a asket for pipe connections comprising a sti susoth ends, and a yielding joint ring surrounding the sustaining ring between its flared portions and held thereon by friction.

for pipe connections comprising a yieldin joint ring, and a stiff sustaining ring exten 2. As an article of manufacture, agasket ring,

3. As an article of manufacture,a gasket for pipe connections comprising a yielding joint rlng, and a stiif sustaining ring extendin frictionally through and longer than the joint ring, the sustaining ring being flared beyond both ends of the )Oll'lt ring, for the purpose set forth.

4. As an article of manufacture, a gasket for pipe connections comprising a yielding joint ring, tending through and longer than the joint the sustaining ring being flared at one end beyond the joint ring to retain the latter thereon and having at its other end outand longer than the.

and a stifi sustaining ring exsilient, and

-wardlybent spring fingers, for the purpose set forth. v

5. As an article of manufacture, a asket for taimng 'rin split at 'one end to produce fingers Whic flared at the other end, and a ipe connections comprising a sti susare bent outward and are reyielding joint ring mounted slidably upon I and around the solid portion of said sustaining ring adjacent said flared end.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my signature this 24th day of December A. D. 1907.

LULU Towns, VIRGINIA HAMILTON. 

